34 Messrs. Sheppard a7id Whitear's Catalogue 



of the Rino-Dove. When the warreners find the young in a 

 burrow, they fix sticks at the mouth of the hole in such a man- 

 ner as to prevent the escape of the young, but to allow the old 

 birds to feed them ; and when they are in good condition they 

 are taken for the table. This bird is now rarely seen in Suf- 

 folk ; formerly it used to visit that county in prodigious flocks 

 during the winter season, feeding on the Buck-wheat stubbles. 

 Mr. Leathes says that it breeds in old trees near the decoy at 

 Herringfleet. It lays two eggs, which are nearly oval. 



3. C. Turtur (Turtle-Dove) . 



Genus XXXVI. Piiasianus. 



1. P. Cokhicus (Pheasant). 



At Campsey Ash, where the Pheasants are well fed with pota- 

 toes, buck-wheat, and barley, a cock Pheasant has been killed 

 which weighed four pounds and a half. 



Genus XXXVII. Perdix. 



1. P. i-ubra (Guernsey Partridge). 



These birds are now very plentiful in some parts of Suti'olk. 

 We have seen at least 150 brace in a morning upon Dunming- 

 worth-heath ; and they are found in greater or less numbers from 

 Aldborough to Woodbridge. A few are also sometimes seen 

 in Norfolk. And in moving a straw-stack in the neighbourhood 

 of Harleston last summer, a nest of the Red-legged Partridge 

 was found upon the top of it, in which were six eggs. 



The sportsman finds birds of this kind more difficult to get at 

 than the Common Partridge, as they run very much before the 

 dogs. 



2. P. ci- 



